Association between school-level attributes and weight status of Ghanaian primary school children

Association between school-level attributes and weight status of Ghanaian primary school children

Abstract Background Little is known about the impact of the school environmental context on the emerging trend of childhood obesity in Africa. We examined the association of the schools’ contextual factors with body mass index (BMI), abdominal obesity and overweight (including obesity) in urban Ghan...

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Main Authors: Theodosia Adom, André Pascal Kengne, Anniza De Villiers, Thandi Puoane
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-05-01
Series:BMC Public Health
Subjects:
Body mass index
Overweight
Multilevel modelling
School children
Ghana
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-019-6937-4

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